Electronic Monitoring | NOAA Fisheries

Amendment 80 Program - Federal Register Rules and Notices

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Fishery Management Plan Amendment 80 allocated several BSAI non-pollock trawl groundfish species among trawl fishery sectors, and facilitated the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries…

Notice of Availability of DEIS for Halibut ABM (86 FR 50331, 09/08/2021)
Final Rule: Modification of Groundfish Retention Standard (78 FR 12627, 02/25/2013)
Proposed Rule: Modification of Groundfish Retention Standard (77 FR 62482, 10/15/2012)

Notice

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Alaska

Published

05/08/2024

Electronic Monitoring Program: Notice of New Program Guidelines and Webpage Launch

For more information, contact Monica Falcon, Permits Specialist, at (206) 526-4353 or wcr-permits@noaa.gov

May 24, 2021 -

West Coast

Electronic Monitoring on the West Coast

The Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program allows vessel owners in the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program (or Catch Share Program) to use EM systems to provide 100 percent at-sea monitoring of fishing activity.

West Coast

Electronic Monitoring in the Northeast

We help develop and implement electronic monitoring programs in the Northeast that collect data in support of fishery management and science.

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Final Rule to Delay Implementation of West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program

This final rule revises regulations to delay implementation of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program. Implementation of the EM program will be delayed by one year, from January 1, 2021, to…

Final Rule

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West Coast

Effective

05/08/2024

Pathway to Paperless Data Collection

Lessons learned from the West Coast Groundfish Observation Program’s paper-free data collection.

October 27, 2020 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

An OPTECS portable sampling station in use on a fishing vessel.

Proposed Rule to Delay Implementation of West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program

This proposed rule would revise regulations to delay implementation of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program. The proposed rule would delay implementation of the EM program by one year, from…